OTTOMAN EMPIRE (1299-1st NOVEMBER, 1922)

OTTOMAN EMPIRE IN SULTAN MEHMET, THE CONQUEROR AGE

Their aim was to spread Islam all over the world!

BİRTH: on 29th March, 1432 in Edirne

DEATH: on 3rd May, 1481 in Gebze

FATHER’S NAME: Sultan Murad 1st

MOTHER’S NAME: Hûma HatunSultan Murad 1st

SULTAN FATİH MEHMET HAN bin SULTAN MURAT HAN

•He was sent to Manisa with his mother when he was 9.

•He learned Arabic, Persian, Latinian and Greek.

•He was educated by Molla Gürani and Molla Hüsrev.

•He was very interested in History and Mythology.

•His dream was to conquer Constaninapole one day.

•Sultan Murad 1st called him to Edirne to be Sultan but he was sent back to Manisa because of the Varna War.

This miniature picture symbolises to he goes to Manisa

•He became Sultan when his father was dead

•He started to work on The Conquest of Istanbul

•He made pacts with Karamanoğlu and Venice

•It took two year to be ready for the conquest

•When he was 21, everything was ready for the sacred conquest

This miniature picture symbolises being sultan

ceremony of him

•He conquest Treibzond(1461) and Crimea(1471)

•As a result of these conquests; the Black Sea became a Turkish lake.

•He defeated Uzun Hasan who was the leader of Akkoyunlus

•He conquered many place in the East of Europe such as Bosnia, Herzogevina, Peloponnesus, Dalmatians, Greece and Otranto(Italy)

•Totally; He conquered 2 empiers(Byzantine and Treibzond), 14 country and 200 cities

•That is why he is the Conqueror

City of Treibzond

Crimea

MISCARRIAGES OF HIM

The two unsuccessful attacks of him were Rhode Island Siege and Belgrade Siege

The Rhode Island Siege in 1480

The Belgrade Siege

•He died on 3rd May, 1481 in Gebze while he was going to

another fight

•It was not known which country was it. Italy or Egypt?

WHAT DID HE DO TO PEOPLE OF THE COUNTRIES THAT HE CONQUERED?

He give permission them to

•Stay in their own cities

•Live in the city where they want

•Choose the job what they want

•Stay in their own religion

•Choose their own religious leader

•Have demesne

NOW, WE ASK YOU:

WAS HE A DICTATOR?

OR A JUSTICE EMPEROR?

Prepared by Ekmel SARPAŞAR and Yavuz ULUSOY